Egoism, a basic human trait, has undergone severe censure at the hands of religion. Upholding our ego or the self has been condemned as it is the ego of man that has directly resulted in him being selfish. Man should forget his ego and live for the sake of others. Thus according to religion altruism is the only moral way of life but Ayn Rand’s Objectivism challenges the very base of religion and attacks it on the grounds that religion has transported man far away from the world of reason. Rand through her novels have depicted the drastic consequences of letting altruism be followed as a way of life. She firmly believes that only rational selfishness can ensure the happiness of man.